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• The Italian National Hub at the WestMED hackathons Palermo

  26 August 2019 National Hub Italy

  The Italian National Hub supported WestMED Central Team to ensure a qualified and numerous presence at the WestMED Hackatons, in Palermo on 14 May, contributing to the success of the initiative. As rapporteurs together with relevant moderators, the Italian National Hub also coordinated the networking tables for Sustainable Coastal and Maritime Tourism and for Clean Transport.

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• Submission of ENI-CBC project MED-CLASS-BEST

  25 August 2019 National Hub Italy

  The Italian National Hub in co-operation with the Maltese National Hub and the WestMED Central Team, supported interested stakeholders to gather in a partnership among Maritime Clusters. In July 2019, they backed the submission of a proposal to an ENI-CBC project MED-CLASS-BEST, leaded by Italian CENTRO DI COMPETENZA DISTRETTUALE SOCIETA’ CONSORTILE A R.L., joined by partners from Tunisia, France, Spain, Malta, Jordan, Egypt, Italy.

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• WestMED presented at Small Scale LNG Use, Euro-Mediterranean Conference

  26 July 2019 National Hub Italy

  Within the framework of the 5th edition of Small Scale LNG Use, Euro-Mediterranean Conference & Expo in Naples, the Italian National Hub presented the WestMED Initiative and the Assistance Mechanism, describing also project ideas relevant to LNG bunkering, emerged since Algiers Stakeholders Conference in Dec 2018, developed till the Hackathons in Palermo and the possible subsequent steps.

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• WestMED as a joint blue growth agenda at the Indian Ocean Rim Association

  National Hub Italy

  On 17 May at EXCO 2019, the Italian Expo of International Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) organised a common workshop on Blue Economy to develop stronger cooperation in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.

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• “Oportunidades de la economía azul en Andalucía”: así fue el primer RoadShow WestMED España

  22 July 2019 National Hub Spain

  Los principales objetivos del evento de Andalucía han sido los siguientes: Dar a conocer la Iniciativa WestMED y su Mecanismo de Asistencia; Interactuar con los agentes más relevantes de Andalucía; Conocer ejemplos de proyectos de Economía Azul ya en marcha en Andalucía;Recopilar las principales ideas de proyecto y las prioridades de los agentes con potencial para llevar a cabo acciones en línea con la Iniciativa WestMED.

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